Astelia spicata Colenso
Details
Astelia spicata Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 335 (1881 [1882])
Nomenclature
Colenso
Colenso
1881
1882
335
illegitimate, rejected
ICN
Astelia spicata Colenso
species
Astelia spicata
Type: NEW ZEALAND. North Island. In the forests about Kopua and Norsewood, Colenso. (Lectotype: K [000524878, digital image!], pistillate, designated by Skottsberg, 1934, 81). Moore (1966) regarded the type and other specimens examined to represent very small individuals of either A. hastata or A. microsperma.
Classification
Taxonomic concepts
Astelia spicata Colenso
Astelia spicata Colenso
Notes
editorial
Colenso (1883/1884), p. 340, describes a male plant lacking in his earlier description
typification
Type: NEW ZEALAND. North Island. In the forests about Kopua and Norsewood, Colenso. (Lectotype: K [000524878, digital image!], pistillate, designated by Skottsberg, 1934, 81). Moore (1966) regarded the type and other specimens examined to represent very small individuals of either A. hastata or A. microsperma.
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
18 March 2004
6 August 2015